Sun Ripeng

Sun Ripeng (; born 25 January 1974 in Zhuanghe, Liaoning province) is a Chinese former track and field athlete who specialised in the 3000 metres steeplechase. He was the gold medallist at the 1994 Asian Games. His personal best of 8:10.46 minutes is the Chinese record for the steeplechase.

He was a silver medallist at the 1993 East Asian Games and a 5000 metres bronze medallist at the Asian Games. He was a two-time winner of the National Games of China steeplechase, and also a two-time 5000 m national champion.

Career Born in Zhuanghe in China's Liaoning Province, Sun established himself in the junior category on home turf in Beijing with a steeplechase gold medal at the 1990 Asian Junior Athletics Championships, becoming the tournament's inaugural winner for that event. He returned to defend his title two years later, but ended with bronze medals in both the steeplechase and 5000 metres.

Sun's first senior honours came the following year, when he won the steeplechase title at the 7th National Games of China in a time of 8:24.97 minutes – knocking almost twenty seconds off the games record.

The peak of Sun's career was the 1994 track and field season. He began with a national title win in the 5000 m at the Chinese Athletics Championships. This record stood until the 2002, when it was bettered by Qatar's Kenyan-born runner Khamis Seif Abdullah. It was the last major medal of Sun's international career.

Still in the under-21 category, he won the steeplechase at the Chinese City Games in 1995. He followed this with a second career victory over 5000 m at the national championships in 1996. Sun's last high level appearance was at the 2001 National Games of China, where he failed to make the steeplechase final, effectively bringing a close to the 31-year-old's career.

National titles National Games of China 3000 metres steeplechase: 1993, 1997 Chinese Athletics Championships 5000 metres: 1994, 1996 Chinese City Games 3000 metres steeplechase: 1995

International competitions